IRC6
is about connecting to IRC with the next-generation IP-protocol,
IPv6. It is intended for the technically minded to purport the interesting
possibilities of riding a new wave of IP, in a network mostly still
consisting of IPv4 servers.

The
project had its highlight in 1999, when the first-ever production-stage
IRC6 server was featured on IRCnet by Project IRC6 of Europe. This
resulted in a movement for more rapid evolution and evaluation of
IPv6 services by IRC-users, which can still be seen as a rather
interesting effect of the nature of competition in advances in technology...